A thousand girls participated in Ngarot
Tradition on October 6th, 2016. This tradition held in Tjimanoek Feast in
Indramayu city. Indramayu is a regency of West Java Province, Indonesia.
The term of ngarot comes from Sudanese.
Ngarot derived from Nga-rot “ngaleueut.”
The meaning ngarot is drinking. This centuries-old tradition celebrates to
welcomes rainy season.
Before the rainy season comes, the rice
farmer will begin planting the rice. It usually occurs in the third week of
November or December. Wednesday will be the sacred day to start planting the
rice.
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| Beautiful Smiling Girls with Kebaya and Crowned Flower in Ngarot Tjimanoek Feast yamtonosardi |
Only the virgin girl and youth single man
are eligible to participate in this cultural tradition. This is the symbol of
purity. The girls will dress with kebaya, traditional semi-transparent blouse-dress.
Their head will decorate with crowned flowers. The myth said if the flower is
going to wilt, then the girl is believe that she is not virgin anymore.
A thousand teens girls walked for 3 kilometres in
the day of Tjimanoek Feast. These youth girls come from Lelea Village, where the
Ngarot tradition origin since 16 centuries ago.
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| Ngarot Event Indramayu Tjimanoek Carnival 2016 edwin_hadi |
During Tjimanoek carnival, the participant
brings an Indramayu mango. About 3 tons sweet famous gedong gincu mango from
local area presented in this feast. The mango carried by the boy who the
participants of this feast too.
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| Thousand Flowerless Girls Participated in Tjimanoek Feast Ngarot Indramayu, West Java Indonesia faozanngrh |
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| Girls Walked on Tjimanoek Carnival Indramayi in Ngarot Traditional Culture cirebonbribin |
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| Four Kebaya Girls in Pink Traditional Custom With Crown Flower Down Like an Angel dedenwahyuniman |
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| Beautiful Smiling Girl with Hijab Pink and Black Color with Crowned Flower in Ngarot Festival faozanngrh |
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| Flowerless Girls Participant Line in Ngarot Tjimanoek Feast Carnival sulhansofwan |
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| Girl and Boy in Ngarot Tjimanoek Feast 2016 reviekta |
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| Four Girls Smile with Kebaya and Batik in Ngarot Tjimanoek Feast triazharidhya |
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| Parade Tjimanoek Feast of Ngarot Girls giandono |
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| Girl with White and Glasses at Ngarot in Tjimanoek Feast Indramayu pandjieku |
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| Selfie Girls With Kebaya in Ngarot Tjimanoek Feast 2016 giandono |
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| Ngarot Festival Cultural Tradition Tjimanoek Feast Indramayu Regency muhyiddinuchup |
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| Ngarot Participant Girls with her Smile afifgram10 |
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| Carnival Tjimanoek Feast Ngarot in 2016 mnah21 |
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| Ngarot Festival Girls with Kebaya in Pink Color on the Parade Tjimanoek Feast Indramayu faozanngrh |
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| Girl Particpant in Ngarot carnival under Indonesian Flag Red and White giandono |
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| Girls with Yellow Kebaya and Flower in Ngarot Cultural Tradition Indramayu Tjimanoek Feast giandono |
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| Three Smiling Ngarot Girls with Kebaya Under Indonesian Flag dedenwahyuniman |
Tjimanoek carnival will propose as an
annual feast. This festival is also to celebrate the anniversary of 489th
Indramayu Regency.
